The Budgetary and Welfare Consequences of Security Co-Operation in the Southern Hemisphere: A South African Perspective

dc.creator	André Roux
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:48Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/27-1-222
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/967a31bebae2421c9c7b01d8f2b1cd3b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8482
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/967a31bebae2421c9c7b01d8f2b1cd3b
dc.description	<p>The end of the Cold War, new global circumstances, and the democratisation process in South Africa have resulted in a transformation of the way in which defence matters in this country are evaluated and approached. From 1960 to the end of the 1980s defence spending decisions in South Africa were largely influenced by non-economic considerations, such as the perceived need to protect national values from foreign aggression and internal threats to stability, the ideological inclination of the government of the day, and a sense of inertia and incrementalism in respect of defence budgets. However, since 1989 the greater unlikelihood of an imminent foreign act of conventional aggression against the country and the advent of multi-party democracy, have served to highlight the possible trade-off between defence and socio-economic welfare (the so-called 'guns versus butter' debate). Indeed, since the end of the 1980s real defence expenditure in South Africa has declined by almost 60 percent, while the defence burden (defence expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product) has fallen to below 2,0 percent.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/222
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	democratisation process in South Africa
dc.subject	'guns versus butter' debate
dc.subject	The Budgetary and Welfare Consequences of Security Co-Operation in the Southern Hemisphere
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	The Budgetary and Welfare Consequences of Security Co-Operation in the Southern Hemisphere: A South African Perspective
dc.type	Article